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I'm blogging for awareness for chronic illness and those who live with it on a daily basis. I'm hoping to bring awareness for myself and to educate others with illness or loved ones of someone who is ill.

EDS Awareness Month Blog Challenge!

Hello my lovely readers and fellow zebras! As most of you know May is EDS Awareness Month. In preparation for tomorrow being the first of May I tried to track down a blog challenge that I could do for this month. I looked all over the internet, including Pinterest but I couldn't find anything, so I have been camped out in front of my computer for almost two hours writing a blog challenge. I'll be participating in my own challenge and I hope others will join me. If you choose to participate, link your blog in the comments so I can read your posts.

1. Introduce yourself and explain what type of EDS you have.

2. What other illnesses do you have that are related to your
EDS?

3. How long did it take you to get your diagnosis? How many
doctors did you see?

4. What do you want newly diagnosed EDS-ers to know?

5. How have you adapted to your diagnosis?

6. How has EDS changed your life for the better?

7. What are your top 5 coping tips?

8. What are your top 5 goals that you want to accomplish
despite your chronic illness(es)?

9. How do you stay motivated in daily life?

10. What do you want people to know the most about your life
with EDS?

11. When did you first start thinking that the dislocations/subluxation,
extreme flexibility ect. could be related to a real problem?

12. Did your related diagnoses come before or after your EDS
diagnosis?

13. What’s your biggest pet peeve about trying to explain
EDS?

14. Has being sick impacted your relationships?

15. What were your initial thoughts about being diagnosed?

16. What healthy habits have you adopted since getting
diagnosed?

17. How do you feel about your current treatment plan?

18. What do you think is the most misunderstood aspect of
EDS?

19. What are your top things to pass time when you’re stuck
in bed?

20. What is your favorite motivational quote and why?

21. What is your favorite piece of medical equipment that
you own?

22. What things have you learned from being chronically ill?

23. What was your worst medical setback? How did you
overcome it?

24. What was your worst encounter with a doctor?

25. What is the worst unwanted advice you’ve ever gotten?

26. Have you found books that have helped you cope with
being chronically ill?

27. What would your coping advice be to friends or family of
someone who’s chronically ill?

28. What is the strangest question you’ve ever been asked
about EDS?

29. Do you think changes to your diet helped or contributed
to your symptoms or the severity of them?

30. What has been your biggest outlet to help deal with
being sick?
31. What are your favorite memories from EDS Awareness
Month?

Hi everyone, I'm Kali. I know there are many people out there with illnesses exactly like mine and they might be looking for answers or a little insight and I want to try to help them. I know when I was looking for people out there with similar illnesses it was hard to do. Mainly because a lot of people with chronic illnesses like to just keep to themselves. But I feel like if I put myself out there that's one more person that's a little more educated and understanding.